“Why? Why did she have to do this?

”

Li Mazi trembled

 as he looked 

at the number on the phone screen

.

After a long time, he grabbed my arm

, asking in a disbelieving tone, 

“Little 

B

rother Zhang, 

can

 you tell me why she had to do this? You know how much I love her!” 

Li Mazi’s tears rolled down his face

. I was also shocked as t

he last person this mysterious person had contacted was Ru Xue! 

I didn’t know how to comfort Li Mazi

 since

 Ru Xue was probably a traitor. 

It was Ru Xue who had insisted that we visit Milan. She was also the one 

who

 had chosen this hotel. 

Moreover,

she

might be the one who had tried

 to kill Li Mazi in their hotel room that night

. Perhaps 

the

female ghost didn

’t have anything to do with it.

Then, at

 the last moment, she 

recalled

 how 

much

 Li Mazi 

loved

 her and decided to let him go. 

However,

 I didn’t know how Ru Xue was related to that mysterious person. 

Did they buy her, or was it possible that

 she was the enemy’s pawn

right from the start?

Several questions 

popped up

 in my head. However, 

I thought

about

 Li Mazi’s love 

for

 her

, so 

I said 

calmly

, “You don’t need to panic. There 

might 

be 

a reason

 behind this…” 

“

A reason

 behind this?” 

Li Mazi wiped his 

tears. In a 

self-mocking

 voice, he said, 

“What kind of 

thing could

 make her give up our love and marriage?” 

Then, he held his head low

 and said 

nothing

 as we headed 

back to the hotel.

I was afraid that he would 

start fighting with

 Ru Xue 

as soon as we got back

. However, I 

didn’t know what to say and just followed 

him. 

When we were 

in

 the corridor, Li Mazi halted for a moment before he entered his room

. He looked 

at me

 with bloodshot 

eyes. “Little 

B

rother Zhang, I, Li Mazi, am not a good person,

but I know who treats me well. You’ve saved my life many times

, and

 I can never repay this favor. If she sells us this time, I will kill her with my own hands

. Then, 

I will turn myself 

to

 the police

.

” 

Li Mazi knocked on the door

, and a

s soon as we entered the room, 

he

 seemed to become another person. He smiled and happily chatted with Ru Xue and Yin Xinyue

. He made 

the women laugh continuously. Compared to him, I looked so unnatural. Yin Xinyue secretly asked me a few times if 

a

nything was 

bothering

 me. 

Li Mazi’s 

plan

 was 

simple

. He wanted to 

test 

Ru Xue. 

When

 Yin Xinyue and I returned to our room, I told her the story. 

“Impossible! This is impossible!” Yin Xinyue shook her head

 and

 ranted

 nonstop. She d

idn’t even 

stop

 to think. “Ru Xue is a good girl. You

’ve

 misunderstood her

!

”

I knew that the

y

 had a good relationship, but I had to tell 

her 

frankly. “Li Mazi and I want to trust Ru Xue, but things have now come to this. We can’t just consider love or 

relationships

. If Li Mazi and I hadn’t overheard the conversation between the ghost and that mysterious person, I’m afraid Li Mazi would have died.” 

Yin Xinyue decided to trust me. Her voice grew sad. “Brother Zhang, if it 

was

 my phone, would you treat me the same?” 

“

Will

 it happen one day?” I laughed then pulled her into my embrace.

Yin Xinyue smile

d and leaned against

 my shoulder. 

At around midnight, I got up

 and went 

to Li Mazi’s roo

m, knocking 

on his door. He soon opened the door

 and asked,

 “What’s going on?” 

Ru Xue was on the bed, smiling at us. I didn’t know what she was thinking. 

“We should go to that church now! I can’t ease my mind if we don’t finish off that ghost!” I almost screamed. 

While talking, I shot Li Mazi a glance. Li Mazi was a little surprised, but he 

understood what I meant

. He turned and told Ru Xue to sleep with Yin Xinyue. Then, he left the hotel with me. 

We returned to the hotel shortl

y after and hid 

in the corridor to watch Ru Xue’s move

ments

. Li Mazi

’s 

eyes bulged

, and his 

body 

shook

 uncontrollably. He was afraid that he would see something he didn’t want to see.

I was scared, too

.

Yin Xinyue cooperated with us. After we left, she went to Ru Xue’s room.

We wanted to help Ru Xue. As long as she wasn’t going to contact that mysterious person, we wouldn’t mind what had happened previously. Yin Xinyue was there to watch Ru Xue

. 

Unfortunately, the mobile phone in my hand rang. It was Ru Xue’s call. 

“Hahaha…”

Li Mazi laughed bitterly. He didn’t say a word

 and went 

to his room, his body 

shaking

 hard. When he got to the door, he suddenly slumped onto the ground. 

“Little 

B

rother Zhang, help me up!”

He tried to get up a few times, but he couldn’t

. 

His tears rolled

 as he asked 

for my help. 

The corner of my mouth convulsed. I didn’t mind Li Mazi and opened the door. 

I saw Yin Xinyue sitting on the bed

, but

 Ru Xue was nowhere to be seen. Yin Xinyue saw me. She didn’t talk

 and gestured 

toward the toilet

. She also looked 

helpless. 

“All right, go back to our room and wait for me.” I 

caressed

 her face

.

Yin Xinyue nodde

d and left

. Then, I waited outside the toilet

 and lit 

up a cigarette. 

Meanwhile, the mysterious man’s phone in my hand kept flashing. All the calls were from Ru Xue. Li Mazi

 stood

 up

 and leaned 

against the wall

, dumbly looking

 at the door to the toilet. 

Finally, the door opened

 and 

Ru Xue walked out. She was startled when she saw us

 and asked us in a suspicious tone, 

“Oh, you are back 

already?

 Did you solve everything?” 

“Ru Xue, you 

are still in the mood to pretend?

 I was blind 

to love 

you!” Li Mazi roared crazily.

 H

e was about to 

slap

 Ru Xue

, but

 his hand halted halfway. 

“Gosh! You should 

just

 leave! From now on, we are just strangers!”

Li Mazi didn’t want to hurt Ru Xue

. He waved 

and 

asked

 her to leave. I understood

 and moved 

aside to 

make way for

 her. 

Ru Xue looked hurt

. She jumped toward

 Li Mazi

 and hugged 

him. Her voice choked with sobs. “You don’t 

want

 me anymore? Did I do 

something

 wrong

? Am I 

not good enough?” 

Li Mazi had tears all over his face

, but he

 gently pushed Ru Xue aside

. 

“All right, I’

ll

leave

!” Ru Xue looked at Li Mazi 

in bewilderment

 for a long 

time

. Then, she gave a self-mocking smile

 and rubbed 

her belly that had a small 

bump

. She put on her jacket and bag

, then left

. 

As she walked, 

she rummaged through her bag

. She was

 searching for something. 

When she completely disappeared from 

our sight

, Li Mazi fell 

on

 his knees 

and 

painfully 

pounded

 his head to the wall. 

It was really hard to accept the fact that your loved one had sold you to the enemy. I understood his pain, but I couldn’t stand 

to

 see my brother 

harm

 himself

.

 I went to the restaurant downstairs and bought a few bottles of wine. Li Mazi and I loved to stay in the antique shop

 to drink 

wine 

and enjoy

 some light snacks. 

It was the time when 

we enjoyed our companionship and discussed 

our

 business cases 

and

 our future. 

But it was different now. None of us said anything. We just kept gulping expensive red wine as though it was water. At the same time, we smoked a lot. 

Li Mazi 

was still

 crying

, but

 I didn’t know how to comfort him. All I could do was stay with him

 and keep him 

company. 

Who said that drinking red wine wouldn’t make you drunk? Because Li Mazi was drunk already. And who said that men didn’t cry easily? 

Because right now we couldn't stop crying

. 

I didn’t know how 

much

 time had passed

, but a

fter drinking all the bottles and smoking all the cigarettes, Li Mazi and I were lying on the ground like two dumb men.

At this

 moment, someone suddenly visited us. When he saw us, he screamed in surprise. “Zhang, are you guys okay? What happened?” 

I 

looked up and saw

Marco

. I 

got

 up

 and shook 

my he

ad to clear my mind. 

“Why are you here?” 

“I found a mobile phone outside. It’s from your country, and it has Mr. Li’s picture as the 

screensaver

. I guess

ed 

one

 of you

 lost this phone.” 

Marco

 waved his hand. I tried to focus 

my attention and saw that i

t was Ru Xue’s phone. 

After listening

 to 

Marco

, Li Mazi reacted

 and quickly got 

up. “Where did you find this phone? And 

w

hen?” 

“Around twilight on the small path that leads to the Ghost Castle. My father 

knew

 where you wanted to go. He

 was

 worried that you would encounter something unexpected,

 so h

e asked me to go there to find you. But when I got to the castle, I didn’t see you guys

.

” 

Marco

 spread his arms 

and looked

 at the room, which was

 a mess. H

e didn’t even have a place to 

stand

. Then

, he 

asked, “Zhang, did something happen?” 

“It’s all right. Thank you, 

Marco

.” I patted 

Marco

’s shoulder and received the phone from him. Li Mazi and I then crazily dashed downstairs. 

If 

Marco

 had picked up Ru Xue’s phone before the incident, the one that had just called the mysterious man wasn’t Ru Xue. Someone else had used her phone to do that!